7 Oct 2015
EUR/USD: Bears take a breather, retreats from 10-DMA
FXStreet (Mumbai) - The renewed selling pressure in the EUR/USD pair in last hours found good support near 10-DMA and retraced towards the mid-point of the 1.12 handle.
EUR/USD bounces-off 10-DMA
The EUR/USD pair trades -0.25% lower at 1.1244, recovering from fresh session lows reached at 1.1222 on European open. The major bounced-off lows, although remains pressured amid rallying European stocks on positive corporate and higher resource stocks.
Among the major European indices, the pan-European benchmark, the Euro Stoxx 50 jumps 0.91% to 3,250 while the German DAX rallies over 1% to 10,012.
Moreover, the latest weak German industrial production data also continues to weigh on investors’ sentiment. Industrial production in Germany fell 1.2% m/m in August, after a 1.2% growth seen in the July according to Destatis. Markets had expected a 0.2% gain.
Meanwhile, the main currency pair will continue to track the sentiment on the European stocks as the session ahead holds nothing of relevance in terms of economic news.
EUR/USD Technical Levels
On the upside, the major faces immediate resistance near 1.1285-1.1290 region (Sept 29, Oct 5 and Today’s High) beyond which post-NFP highs at 1.1319, could act as a strong hurdle. A breach of the last could open doors for a test of 1.1400 (round number). While the immediate support is located at 1.1220 (10-DMA), below which 1.1200 (psychological levels) could act as a strong support. A failure to resist the last, the prices could drown to 1.1147 (100-DMA).
EUR/USD bounces-off 10-DMA
The EUR/USD pair trades -0.25% lower at 1.1244, recovering from fresh session lows reached at 1.1222 on European open. The major bounced-off lows, although remains pressured amid rallying European stocks on positive corporate and higher resource stocks.
Among the major European indices, the pan-European benchmark, the Euro Stoxx 50 jumps 0.91% to 3,250 while the German DAX rallies over 1% to 10,012.
Moreover, the latest weak German industrial production data also continues to weigh on investors’ sentiment. Industrial production in Germany fell 1.2% m/m in August, after a 1.2% growth seen in the July according to Destatis. Markets had expected a 0.2% gain.
Meanwhile, the main currency pair will continue to track the sentiment on the European stocks as the session ahead holds nothing of relevance in terms of economic news.
EUR/USD Technical Levels
On the upside, the major faces immediate resistance near 1.1285-1.1290 region (Sept 29, Oct 5 and Today’s High) beyond which post-NFP highs at 1.1319, could act as a strong hurdle. A breach of the last could open doors for a test of 1.1400 (round number). While the immediate support is located at 1.1220 (10-DMA), below which 1.1200 (psychological levels) could act as a strong support. A failure to resist the last, the prices could drown to 1.1147 (100-DMA).